Chapter 54 Selection of New Crops
As Jiang Miao said this, he led Lu Weibin towards one of the experimental greenhouses.
When I came to the big iron gate at the door, I quickly entered the password, and through facial recognition, the iron door of the experimental greenhouse automatically opened inward.
Stepping into it, the half-acre of farmland inside the greenhouse is now filled with dense melons and eggplants, which are solanaceous plants with the trade name "ginseng fruit".
Jiang Miao pointed to the ginseng fruit on the left: "The ginseng fruit on the left is a heat-resistant and early-maturing variety that can tolerate temperatures below 35 degrees Celsius while maintaining normal growth and flowering and fruiting."
"The one on the right is a cold-resistant and early-maturing variety that can tolerate low temperatures of more than 5 degrees Celsius while maintaining normal growth and flowering and fruiting."
Then Jiang Miao squatted down, picked one of the ripe ginseng fruits, washed it with mineral water, broke it in half, and handed half to Lu Weibin: "Try it, this variety is called Amethyst."
Lu Weibin quickly took it, took a bite, and tasted it carefully. After a while: "This variety has moderate sweetness, but the flavor is very good."
Jiang Miao nodded: "This is the advantage of the Amethyst variety. When it matures naturally, the peel will completely turn lavender. In other words, if it does not change color, it means that the fruit is not mature yet. You can just pick one. Purple, the flavor and sweetness are up to standard.”
"Oh?" When Lu Weibin heard this, he walked into the field and randomly picked three purple-skinned ginseng fruits. After washing them, he tasted each one.
"They are indeed almost the same, both are good fruits."
Of course they are good fruits. These are the two varieties that Jiang Miao carefully selected among hundreds of thousands of mutated melon and eggplant seeds. Naturally, he took all aspects into consideration.
The quality of ginseng fruit currently on the market is obviously uneven. If you find a good one, the flavor is very good and the sweetness is not too bland; if you find a bad one, it is not only hard, but also tastes like boiled water, and even has a taste. The peculiar smell of Solanaceae fruits.
This quality, which is like a blind box, often deters customers from buying ginseng fruit.
Therefore, Jiang Miao specially selected these two varieties.
When the amethyst ginseng fruit is ripe, its peel will show a lavender color. If it is not ripe, it will show a mutton-fat jade color, which is very easy to identify.
Another variety is also the Amethyst series, but the fruit shape of this variety is smaller.
The fruit shape of the large amethyst ginseng fruit is similar to that of ordinary apples. Usually, a single fruit can weigh 150 to 200 grams. The mature sweetness is 8% to 9%. Compared with the current varieties, the flavor has a hint of cucumber and croissant. .
The shape of the small amethyst ginseng fruit is similar to that of an ordinary large tomato. The unit weight is usually about 80 to 120 grams. The mature sweetness is 7% to 8%. The flavor is more traditional, but much richer.
Both varieties are high-yielding and grown in a greenhouse environment, with a yield per mu of about 6 to 7 tons.
It takes about 35 days to raise seedlings from cuttings; after the cuttings are planted, it only takes about 80 days to bloom; from flowering to fruiting to fruit maturity, it takes about 100 days, and there is a picking period of about four months.
In other words, the growth cycle of these two new varieties before the fruit matures is approximately 215 days.
Because both varieties are early maturing types.
If it is a traditional variety, it takes 120 days from planting to flowering, and 120 days from flowering to fruit maturity. Including cuttings and seedlings, which take about 35 days to raise, the entire cycle takes about 275 days, and the fruit picking period is only about three months.
The new variety shortens the initial growth period by 60 days compared with the traditional variety, and adds one month to the picking period.
The reason why the early growth time can be shortened is that the related genes are more efficient in fertilizer utilization, the leaves are wider, and the plants are taller. Therefore, the new varieties need to build shelves for the plants to climb on, which is a bit like some tomato varieties.
After listening to Jiang Miao's introduction, Lu Weibin had certain expectations about the commercial value of these two varieties, and then said: "Boss, I think these two varieties have great commercial value and can be used as the focus of planting in the future. Variety.”
"Well, the commercial potential of these two varieties is good." Jiang Miao pointed to the half-acre of ginseng fruit in front of him: "You will arrange for agricultural technicians to come over from tomorrow, and ask the agricultural technicians to lead workers to take cuttings and cultivate seedlings."
Lu Weibin nodded: "I took note of it."
“Strawberries and ginseng fruits alone are not enough for farm and online store sales.”
After hearing what the boss said, Lu Weibin quickly suggested: "Boss, why don't we plant some other fruits, such as the Sunshine Rose grape, which has become more popular in recent years? Or the reticulated melon No. 8?"
Jiang Miao shook her head: "Come with me!"
"What?" Lu Weibin scratched his head in confusion. Soon the two came to another experimental greenhouse next door, where the farmland area was also half an acre.
At this time, the inside is still lush and lush. On the erected supports, there are tomatoes with lush branches, and the branches are already full of fruits.
"Is this a tomato?" Lu Weibin squatted down and looked at the bunches of small tomatoes that resembled bunches of grapes. These tomatoes were black and red.
Jiang Miao introduced him: "This is a new tomato variety called Black Pearl, and on the other side is another variety called Red Heart."
Lu Weibin picked a few and tasted them, and found that they tasted very good, especially the sweet-sour ratio and flavor, which were somewhat similar to the varieties grown in local rural areas when he was a child:
"Somewhat similar to the old local varieties."
Jiang Miao smiled and nodded: "One of the female parents of this variety is the old variety. The tomato taste is very rich, the sweet-sour ratio is moderate, and the taste is crispy and sweet. However, the old variety is not suitable for transportation, so it was gradually eliminated. This new variety has improved its shortcomings and is a variety that can withstand transportation.”
Then Lu Weibin broke off another red tomato. The taste and sweet-sour ratio of this tomato variety are also more traditional than the old variety. Its improved advantage is that it is also durable in storage and transportation.
Black pearl tomatoes are small cluster type.
Red tomatoes are large-fruited.
Jiang Miao's research on these two varieties is very fast, because he only needs to mutate the characteristics of storage and transportation from many delicious old varieties.
"Boss, I think these two tomato varieties have great potential. If the price is right, they can even overtake the vegetable tomatoes currently on the market."
"Forget about dry tomatoes. We will take the high-quality route first, and then we can just sell the seeds directly."
Lu Weibin suddenly remembered something and asked quickly: "Boss, has our new variety been registered?"
"Registered. I commissioned a professional vegetable and fruit variety registration company a few months ago to register many of the company's new varieties and their specific genetic sequences."
Jiang Miao would naturally not be careless about this kind of thing.
If the varieties and variety genes are not registered, professional breeding companies at home and abroad can register the new varieties of Hailufeng Company, and then they can rake them up.
There has been an incident in China where domestic wild soybean varieties and their genes were preempted by America’s breeding company.
As long as you plant this kind of variety with registered variety genes without the consent of the other party, or the seeds are not purchased from the original company, after you plant them, the other party only needs to check the genes of the crops you produced. Once the check is accurate, the grower will file a lawsuit. 100% lost.
Of course, if it is grown by small farmers, big companies may turn a blind eye.
If you are a large grower or a company grows, then wait to receive a court summons!
Therefore, the purpose of the varieties registered by Hailufeng Company is not to protect against small farmers, but to protect against other breeding companies.
After watching Tomato, Lu Weibin still followed Jiang Miao.
Jiang Miao turned around and found Lu Weibin who was still behind him. She knew that he had misunderstood and immediately reminded him: "There are no new varieties suitable for launch, so go ahead and get busy!"
"Huh? Haha... I thought there were new varieties!" Lu Weibin smiled awkwardly.
"No, other varieties are still being tested." Jiang Miao shook his head.
After Lu Weibin left, Jiang Miao did not go back to his experimental greenhouse, but went to Shuya's edible fungus greenhouse.
In fact, there are more than a dozen high-value new varieties in his experimental greenhouse, but Jiang Miao was not dazzled by the victory in front of him.
The speed at which Hailufeng Company is now launching new varieties can be described as a rocket. If it continues to launch new varieties, it will be somewhat eye-catching.
(End of chapter)